Protest in Yerevan: deans threaten students with problems

 February 25, 2013 - 13:37 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A group of students has announced boycott of classes outside Yerevan State University (YSU) building to protest the results of Feb 18 presidential elections.

As Heritage party representative Daniel Ionisyan told a press briefing, the action was not planned beforehand, voicing disagreement with the standpoint slamming students’ involvement in political processes.

“Students must be the most active group of the society. They must decide on the country’s future. I think, candidates must be invited to the universities and brief the students on their election programs,” Ionisyan said, noting student protests as a tool to fight corruption in the universities.

In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, YSU vice-rector Ruben Markosyan voiced concern over interruption of classes, despite the respect they show for the students’ rights.

“Such actions hamper the learning process,” he said, adding the number of the protesters totaled about 250 out of 19 thous. YSU students.

Commenting on students remarks suggesting university deans threatened with different problems, Mr Markosyan described them as mere misunderstanding.